Piers Morgan, who last week gave more details about his new 60-minute show for Rupert Murdoch’s Talk TV, revealed Thursday that his former American’s Got Talent co-host Sharon Osbourne is also joining the fledgling network.
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Piers Morgan vows to “cancel cancel culture” with his new TV talkshow and “take those ultra woke lunatics head on.”
The journalist and broadcaster was speaking to Sky News Australia on a visit to the country to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the channel, attending a party at the Sydney Opera House.
And he told News Corp publications, “I’ll be calling out extremists from all sides, not just in Australia but anywhere – and especially those who think cancel culture’s a great idea and want to compel us all to lead their own dreary joyless lifestyles.”
Morgan’s new daily talkshow will be aired on Sky News Australia, as well as on the UK’s brand new TalkTV station and on Fox Nation in the US.
This international TV coverage recognises Morgan’s pulling power since his return from the US in 2014, following his firing from CNN. It is one arm of an extraordinary deal he has signed with his former boss Rupert Murdoch, said to be worth £50million ($67m), which includes regular columns in the UK tabloid newspaper The Sun, the New York Post in the US and a book with Murdoch’s publishing house Harper Collins.
At the time the deal was announced, Morgan said in statement that he wants his show to be “a fearless forum for lively debate and agenda-setting interviews, and a place that celebrates the right for everyone to have an opinion.”
And Murdoch called Morgan “the broadcaster every channel wants but is too afraid to hire.”
Despite the high price he’s paid for Morgan’s services, Murdoch clearly thinks he’s lucked out on the deal, following the TV host’s success at ITV’s breakfast show Good Morning Britain. Initially hired on a part-time basis by the UK’s biggest rival to the BBC, Morgan’s firebrand presence saw ratings go up, and he was
Piers Morgan, who last week gave more details about his new 60-minute show for Rupert Murdoch’s Talk TV, revealed Thursday that his former American’s Got Talent co-host Sharon Osbourne is also joining the fledgling network.
Piers Morgan's son Spencer enjoyed a night out with his rarely seen mother, Marion Shalloe. Before tying the knot with his wife Celia Walden in 2010, Piers was married to hospital ward nurse Marion from 1991 to 2008, and they share three sons, Albert, Spencer and Stanley.
Piers Morgan recently surprised his Instagram followers by sharing a rare photograph and him and his three siblings. The former Good Morning Britain host, 56, took to social media to reveal he'd reunited with his two brothers, Jeremy and Rupert Pughe-Morgan, as well as his sister, Charlotte Tomlinson.
It's been exactly one year since Piers Morgan stormed off ITV's Good Morning Britain and quit the show following a row over Meghan Markle. Within that time, he's become a columnist for The Sun and New York Post, he's come out with a new book, and he's joined forces with his former boss Rupert Murdoch at News UK for his own global show.
More details have been revealed about Piers Morgan’s new topical show for Rupert Murdoch’s Talk TV, titled Piers Morgan Uncensored.
Naman Ramachandran U.K. media personality Piers Morgan is returning to prime time TV with a show titled “Piers Morgan Uncensored” on Rupert Murdoch’s TV station TalkTV.Morgan revealed the news on Wednesday via a brief clip shared on Twitter.
Piers Morgan's fans often catch glimpses of the star's gorgeous wife Celia Walden and their daughter Elise, but it's not every day that he posts a photo with his siblings.LOOK: Piers Morgan as you've never seen him before – meet the Morgans in these sweet family snapsThat's exactly what he did over the weekend when he enjoyed a family reunion over dinner – and fans couldn't believe the similarities between them. Next to a snap of the former Good Morning Britain host cuddling up to his two brothers Jeremy and Rupert and his sister Charlotte at Italian restaurant 2 Veneti, Piers wrote: "Sibling reunion dinner… as always, I was the least opinionated one at the table."WATCH: Piers Morgan’s wife Celia Walden jokes about star's return on GMBIt wasn't long before the comments were flooded with fans pointing out the family resemblance.
Piers Morgan will be targeting the woke in his new talk show.